Wildflower ID please

16 years ago

I don't know the common or scientific names for any of these wildflowers and would appreciate your help. These pictures were taken in California and Arizona in March of this year. What a spectacular show of wildflowers. Thanks for your help!

Here is a link that might be useful: wildflower ID

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brianut
16 years ago
Wow, great pictures and flowers. I will try and get some time to help figure some of these out later on, but for now I will comment on a few that I have at least some idea on. I would try and figure out the Genus and search through the USDA plant database. Here are a few of my initial thoughts.

Cactus gallery:
I don't know

White gallery:
Neither are familiar to me.

Orange gallery:
1. Reminds me of a mallow or hibiscus.
2. Not sure, I would start with penstemons.
3. No idea

In the pink gallery:
1. No idea, but awesome flowers!
2. Owl's clover was my initial thought, a search of that genus found this, Castilleja exserta
3. No idea
4. Reminded me of hibiscus. I tried it on USDA site and found this, Hibiscus denudatus.
5. Onion? Allium species.
6. Same as 4?
7. No idea
8. No idea
9. No idea
1. No idea
2. No idea
Purple gallery:
1. Onion? Alium species.
2. Not sure, but I would maybe start by finding the genus or family that a plant called fiddle neck is in.
3. No idea
4. Some kind of Iris!!! awesome.

Yellow gallery:
1. No idea
2. No idea
3. Another hibiscus?
4. No idea

Sorry I wasn't much help. I will try some more later.

Brian
ovenbird
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Brian! That USDA database is very sophisticated, but a bit complicated. I'll have to spend more time with the advanced function to see if I can understand and use it! Guess I'll have to learn flower/plant lingo!

I took almost 300 pictures, of which about 120 were OK. Most I was able to identify, but these remaining ones weren't in the wildflower pamphlets I bought.
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kcon
16 years ago
ovenbird,
Since it says Chicago after your screename, I assume that is where you are from and where you took the pictures. You might want to try this site for Illinois wildflowers.

Keith

Here is a link that might be useful: Illinois Wildflowers
kcon
16 years ago
ovenbird,
Sorry. I guess that I need to improve my reading skills. Since you didn't take the pictures in Illinois, the site I provided, will not be of much use.

Keith
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yellow 1 Malacothrix glabrata?
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yellow 4, 5, 6, 8 Baileya spp.
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yellow 9, Eriogonum sp.?
ovenbird
Original Author
16 years ago
nonmember: WOW! Thanks so much for the IDs!